National Journal looks at the candidates’ views on gun control:
In New Hampshire last November, Obama told a gathering of rural voters that his wife worries about urban handgun violence but realized while driving in Iowa that she might want a gun for protection if she lived in a rural area. Insists the NRA’s Cox: “They know gun control is a political loser.”
Michelle worries about violent urban crime, but doesn’t feel the need to own a handgun in the city. Rather, she’d want one if she lived in a rural area. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, violent crimes are 50 percent more likely in urban areas than in suburban or rural communities. You’re clearly much safer–all things being equal–out in the country than you are in Chicago. And of course, this is another instance where if the shoe were on the other foot–if Cindy McCain said she might want a gun for protection if she lived in Chicago–well, you know how that would look. Needless to say, everyone should have a gun for protection no matter where they live.
